Treatment of Successive Absences - Assignment Example

There is a common reason for the absences of the students. Both schools showed that absent students had common reasons for these absences. The two schools posted stomach aches as the common sickness. The students also had similar illnesses such as headache, vomiting diarrhoea and fever.

In Truman Middle School Band Class, 9 out of 10 students were sick and all of them were suffering from stomach ache. Aside from this, of the 9 students who were sick with a stomach ache, one-third of the students suffered a headache (3 out of 9 students), 3 out of 9 suffered from diarrhoea, another 3 students experienced vomiting and 3 of the 9 sick students also had a fever.

Jackson Middle School Band Class also experience the same fate with 7 out of 8 absent students suffering the same illness of stomach ache. 57% of these sick students experienced headaches, 2 out 7 had diarrhoea, 3 of them acquired fever and one of them vomited.

Food poisoning can be acquired through different contaminants and the amount of intake.  It is also noted that symptoms of food poising will appear as early as 30 minutes or as late as days or weeks after the contamination. The most common symptoms of food poisoning are nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal cramping or stomach pain and fever (Cunha, n.d.). According to the interview, not all the students felt the symptoms after the band competition event, some suffered these symptoms the next day. This illness can run from 24-48 hours. The students can easily acquire this illness through “noroviruses” which is noted to be the most common cause of food poisoning transmitted from water, shellfish and vegetables contaminated by feces. Food poisoning outbreak is common in schools and other populated areas. The students came from the band competition which can be the main source of viruses or contaminated food or drinks.

Viral gastroenteritis is an illness described as an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and small and large intestines considered to be highly contagious and very common. This is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea. There is no major complication of this illness unless affected persons suffer dehydration. Anyone can get viral gastroenteritis such as the students of Truman Middle School Band Class and Jackson Middle School Band Class.

This illness can be transmitted from person to person thus any child can acquire this illness in populated places because infected people can contaminate surfaces, objects, food and drinks especially if they do not wash their hands after using the bathroom (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). This illness can be easily transmitted by shaking hands or by touching a person. The virus can also become airborne if the affected person vomited. Viral gastroenteritis can occur in households, child settings, schools, camps and populated areas.

- What was the last activity you did before you got sick?
- Did you eat or drink before going home?
- What did you eat or drink before, during and after the activity?
- Did you mingle with anyone who is sick or infected with any illness?
- Did you use any public restroom or bathroom?

The statement is not a suitable hypothesis. The hypothesis is an educated guess or a proposed explanation for a certain situation or incident. It must be something testable and answerable through observation and experimentation which concludes the hypothesis. The said statement is improvable because it involves a vague proposed explanation of happenings on two planets.